...And then I almost burnt the house down

My Grandparents don't like to cook a whole lot but told me I could cook whatever I wanted (ha, and they'll eat it..that's the agreement anyway).Tonight I decided I wanted to make French Onion soup... it turned out to be whole different adventure.  It took me 45 minutes longer than expected to cook just the onions, I cut my finger, didn't have a few ingredients and almost set the house on fire.  But, it all tasted really good : )

 My "toasty" bread.  ...let's just say I didn't really understand how the broiler works.

Check out this super good recipe:
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/french-onion-soup-gratinee/detail.aspx

And I also put together this super simple salad:

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/orange-romaine-salad/detail.aspx